The Impact of the Flint Water Crisis on Fertility.
Flint switched its public water source in April 2014, increasing exposure to lead and other contaminants. We compare the change in the fertility rate and in health at birth in Flint before and after the water switch to the changes in other cities in Michigan. We find that Flint fertility rates decre...
| Publicado en: | Demography (Springer Nature) Vol. 56; no. 6; pp. 2005 - 2032 |
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